Human leg discovered in Alaskan channel

Alaska police said they pulled a human leg with a fishing boot out of the Gastineau Channel near Sandy Beach on Monday, May 22, 2017.
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A human leg still encased in a fishing boot was pulled out of an Alaskan channel near Juneau Monday, police said.

The leg, cut from the knee down, was found by Alaska Department of Fish and Game workers who were removing debris from the Gastineau Channel near Sandy Beach, Juneau Police Lt. David Campbell told Alaska Dispatch News.

Campbell said he was not aware of any missing people in Juneau but police will search for any other remains.

Campbell said this is not the first time a body has turned up in Juneau. The last was in 2016, when a hiker found human remains near Mendenhall Glacier. Those remains belonged to a person who went missing in 2010.